Vlade Divac vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell and Vlade Divac, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Vlade Divac played 16 years in the NBA, 5 more than D'Angelo Russell, who played 11. Vlade Divac had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while D'Angelo Russell had his rookie season in 2015-16. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Vlade Divac	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did not play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	82	19.6	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	2.9	3.3	6.7	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.708
difference:	+2	+8.6	+4.7	+1.4	+1.4	+2.8	+2.4	+0.2	+1.2	-1.2	-1.1	+1.6	+5.3	+.089	+1.6	+4.5	+.351	+0.1	+0.2	+.029
D'Angelo Russell	80	28.2	13.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.5	1.8	4.9	12.0	.410	1.6	4.6	.351	1.8	2.4	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	9	19.4	9.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.4	3.0	3.6	4.9	.727	0.1	0.2	.500	1.9	2.1	.895
D'Angelo Russell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Vlade Divac	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	82	30.8	12.8	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.8	4.8	10.0	.485	0.3	0.9	.280	2.9	4.2	.689
difference:	+1	+0.6	+8.3	+2.0	+3.0	+5.0	+4.2	+0.4	+1.5	-0.5	-2.1	+3.3	+8.7	+.051	+2.6	+6.9	+.089	+0.9	+1.7	+.091
D'Angelo Russell	81	30.2	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.9	7.0	1.2	0.2	3.1	1.7	8.1	18.7	.434	2.9	7.8	.369	2.0	2.5	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	5	33.4	18.0	3.4	6.0	9.4	5.6	1.2	2.4	2.2	4.4	7.4	14.8	.500	0.8	1.8	.444	2.4	4.4	.545
difference:		+3.8	+1.4	+3.0	+2.8	+5.8	+2.0	+0.2	+2.2	-0.6	-2.0		+5.8	+.141	+1.6	+5.6	+.120	+0.2	+1.8	+.301
D'Angelo Russell	5	29.6	19.4	0.4	3.2	3.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.4	20.6	.359	2.4	7.4	.324	2.2	2.6	.846

Season 9
	Vlade Divac	D'Angelo Russell
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	64	28.2	10.4	2.9	5.2	8.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	4.2	8.4	.498	0.0	0.2	.214	2.0	2.9	.691
difference:	+12	+4.5	+7.6	+2.5	+2.5	+5.0	+3.6	+0.4	+1.0	-0.3	-0.7	+2.3	+5.8	+.042	+3.0	+7.0	+.201	+0.1	+0.4	+.137
D'Angelo Russell	76	32.7	18.0	0.4	2.7	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.5	2.1	2.1	6.5	14.2	.456	3.0	7.2	.415	2.1	2.5	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vlade Divac	9	38.1	11.6	2.8	8.1	10.9	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.8	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.7	.606
difference:	+4	+1.1	+2.6	+2.6	+5.5	+8.1	+0.8		+1.4	-0.6	-2.6	+0.9	+4.9	+.099	+2.8	+8.7	+.318	+2.0	+3.3	+.106
D'Angelo Russell	5	37.0	14.2	0.2	2.6	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.2	5.6	14.6	.384	2.8	8.8	.318	0.2	0.4	.500

Additional Years
* Vlade Divac played 5 seasons more than D'Angelo Russell in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 16, from 2001 to 2005—Vlade Divac played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over D'Angelo Russell, Vlade Divac got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game